Seminar: Museum Artifacts, 2516

1st, 4th and 6th period: Below is the description of your challenge for the next two days.

Sustainability Museum Artifacts, 2516!

Challenge: Imagine you are the docent in charge of a Museum of Sustainability in 2516.  Your TASK is to create a museum exhibit of artifacts from the year 2016 to the present showing how we have developed more sustainable technology and ways of living.

You will give a PERFORMANCE of the presentation you will give to visitors of the museum, in which you . . .

• describe the artifact from 2016, and explain what it did and why it is an important step in our development in sustainability.   Be sure to point out how this technology is simple and mention its many flaws.
• Describe the problems that threatened humanity since that time, and describe how the modern (2516) technology more fully solved the problem.
• Demonstrate the various features, functions, and design of each item.

Time: you will have two days of class to complete this challenge.  The teacher will choose 2 or 3 team captains and they will choose their groups.

Day 1: Plan out the problem of sustainability you will focus on and the technological solutions you will present from 2016 and 2516.  You should sketch your devices on paper, and put together any information for the museum exhibit.  I recommend that you do some research about scientific information on the devices you choose to describe.  

Day 2: Build your 3D models of the two devices, rehearse, and perform your museum presentation.

You are to use the materials to make a replica of this antique and then present a

PERFORMANCE in which you show what the antique is, and explain what it did and why it is

valuable.

Scoring: You will receive . . .

1. 20 points for creating replicas of your museum artifacts from 2016 and 2516.
2. 20 points if you show the artifact from 2016 and explain what it did and why it is a key step in our development of sustainability for humanity.
3. Up to 20 points for the information you provide about the problems faced and solved by your future world and an explanation of the technology or methods the used to address those problems in 2516.
4. Up to 20 points for the creativity of the PERFORMANCE of your museum presentation.
5. Up to 20 points for how well your team works together.